Steve Punt’s Hancock Cuttings

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Steve Punt's Hancock Cuttings

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Tony Hancock fan Steve Punt presents oddities and rarities featuring the lad himself.

Fan Steve Punt presents oddities and rarities featuring Tony Hancock: Face To Face, 'Ancock's Anthology, The Missing Page, Educating Archie and the first ever Hancock's Half Hour.

Tony Hancock fan Steve Punt presents oddities and rarities featuring the lad himself: 

*  BBC TV's FACE TO FACE interview (1960)  
Episode from the TV series in which John Freeman cross-examined leading personalities of the day. Here he interviews the radio and TV comedian, Tony Hancock.

*  'ANCOCK'S ANTHOLOGY – the BBC Light  Programme’s Christmas Day miscellany of the comic’s favourite music, readings and an interview with Stirling Moss (25/12/1964) 

*  THE MISSING PAGE – the Pye Records re-recording of the TV episode (1965) On a visit to Cheam Library, the lad is appalled to be told he has some outstanding fines to pay. With Graham Stark, Clive Dunn and Frank Thornton. Written by Ray Galton & Alan Simpson.

*  EDUCATING ARCHIE (19/10/1951)
Tony Hancock, Julie Andrews and Hattie Jacques join wisecracking schoolboy Archie Andrews. Cinema high-jinks and Dr Hancock lets Archie use his 'Wishing Chair'. Radio ventriloquism from Peter Brough. Written by Eric Sykes.

*  The first ever episode of HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR 'The First Night Party' (BBC Light Programme 02/11/1954) The lad throws a launch party for his new series, but things don't quite go to plan. With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams and Gerald Campion. Written by Ray Galton & Alan Simpson.

Producer: Mik Wilkojc.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in November 2014

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